David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. White people talk about race; Romney doesn't (heart) Huckabee
CNN’s Lou Dobbs scolded his panel for being surprised that Obama won Georgia so handily, blaming it on “Northeast prejudice toward the South.” “The reality is, the South is … far more sophisticated” than its stereotype," he insisted. One panelist, David Gergen, a native Southerner, didn't go so far as to differ but noted that change is pretty recent. Later, Dobbs referred to black voters as Obama’s chief constituency, compartmentalizing Obama and dismissing the millions of whites voting for him. Seems no matter how hard these guys try, they just have tin ears when it comes to trying to discuss race.
Then, CNN offered a very confusing graphic in which John King, using a telestrator, scribbled like John Madden all over a map of Georgia. Long story short: Seems the candidates needs votes to do well.
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MSNBC gives Illinois, New Jersey and Connecticut to John McCain and Massachusetts to Mittens Romney. (Mike Huckabee was ceded West Virginia earlier in the day.) Barack Obama wins Illinois, naturally.
Hilariously petty drama in the making: Romney is kvetching about some sort of conspiracy between the Huckabee and McCain campaigns to give Huckabee West Virginia, and Huckabee called Romney a “whiner.” The New York Times recently did a story on how the other candidates just flat-out don’t like Romney because of his negative ads and grumbling whenever someone picks on him in debates, but this looks like it could have broader implications: Huckabee can be a big spoiler for Romney’s campaign tonight, denying him 168 delegates in five state. It’s shaping up as some sort of internecine political thriller: Though the rank and file members of the GOP are wary of both McCain and Huckabee, the two candidates hate Romney’s guts and may be tag-teaming to stop him, so how will that come into play when it comes time for a show of party unity?
And anyway, Huckabee’s not just a spoiler; he’s competitive in Missouri and Georgia. (Fox News floats the potential buzz that if Huckabee helps McCain bat down Romney, that puts him in a strong position for the VP position. Probably not, but thanks for playing.
Then Fox’s Bill Hemmer did the same sort of bewildering Maddenesque telestrator graphics, but messing up the map of the whole country.)
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With 0% of the vote in, MSNBC gives Tennessee to Hillary. Who’s running their projection department, the Amazing Kreskin?
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CNN just ran a commercial for the movie “Vantage Point,” which hinges on an ostensible assassination attempt on the President of the United States. Stay classy, CNN.